We got soundly beaten by a much better team tonight. The game wasn't really as close as the final score. LSU is simply taller, faster, and more athletic than we are. And probably better coached.

McCarville had an awesome night, and Broback was solid, but the rest of the Minnesota squad was subpar. I knew that their backcourt would beat us up, but I didn't expect it to be so bad. Augustus and Johnson torched us like the slow, cornfed, Midwestern girls we are.

Augustus and Johnson combined for 40 points on 17-for-30, plus 16 assists. Schonrock, Calhoun, and Bolden combined for 13 points on 5-for-17, plus 7 assists. Hence the result.

Coach Pokey did a smart thing by not double-teaming McCarville. LSU was the first team all year not to double or triple her (of course, they're the first team with Sylvia Fowles). The rest of our team is so used to getting wide-open jumpers out of the doubles that when it didn't happen, they simply didn't know what to do.

Sara disagrees with me, but I'm not sure we can play a whole lot better than we did (unless Schonrock, Calhoun, and Roysland grow two inches and get faster). LSU looks good. It's scary how good Fowles will be for the next four years. It's scary how good she and Seimone will be for the next two.